Scott Thompson

Posted: Wednesday, Dec 12th, 2012BY: Staff

MENDOTA - A memorial mass will be held for Scott Thompson, 41, of Arrowsmith, who died Nov. 30, 2012 in Normal after an extended illness. The mass will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Mendota. Local arrangements were handled by the Merritt Funeral Home.

Mr. Thompson was born Jan. 15, 1971 in Princeton to Roger and Kathy Doran Weitzel. He married Andrea Morman on March 23, 1996 in Princeton.

Survivors include his wife; two children, Katherine and Nathaniel, both at home; his parents, Roger and Kathy Weitzel of Mendota; his grandparents, Oneida Doran and Frieda Weitzel, both of Mendota, Gladys Bickett of Princeton and Virginia Anderson of Sheffield; one sister, Tina (Rick) Stevenson of Mendota; his mother and fathers-in-law, Gene and Yvonne Morman and Barbara (David Dzurisin) Morman, both of Princeton; two sisters-in-law, Jeanette Morman of Princeton and Diane (Kent) Beyer of Davenport, Iowa; and nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mr. Thompson last worked for Vostermans Ventilation in Bloomington and was a part-time EMT for the Hudson Fire Department. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Colfax, the Arrowsmith Fire Department where he was the captain of Truck 180, and was an EMT with Eastern McLean County Ambulance Association.

Memorials may be directed to the family at www.duffypilsmemorialhome.com or to a fund established through the Arrowsmith Fire Department for Scott’s children.